How many calories are in a bowl of rice

Many people are afraid of gaining weight, because gaining weight will not only make them look ugly, but also make many of their previous clothes no longer fit, and will attract strange looks from others. But some people have a physique that makes them very prone to gaining weight, and they gain weight easily no matter what they eat. Therefore, these people have strict control over their diet when eating, and even rice is not spared. So how many calories are in a bowl of rice?

Many nutrition recipes say that a bowl of white rice has 300 kcal of calories. The average calories of 100 grams (2 taels) of steamed rice in the Chinese Food Composition Table (2009 edition) is 116 kcal. So how many calories does a small bowl of white rice usually have?

Before, I didn't think clearly about whether the weight of rice should be calculated based on uncooked rice or wet rice. Have you ever noticed that when we usually say we get two taels of rice in the cafeteria, do we mean two taels of raw rice, or two taels of steamed rice? After I calculated it, I figured it out. Two taels of rice does not mean two taels of rice, but two taels of rice. This is a digression and will be discussed later.

Because different households use different types of rice, the rice grains swell differently, and people prefer different degrees of rice softness, so the amount of water added varies. Therefore, calculating calories by weighing steamed rice is not very accurate or has no universal significance. Calculating using raw rice is relatively accurate.

How big is the small bowl?

I carefully calculated the calories in a bowl of rice at my home using uncooked rice. Before the calculation, let me first talk about the bowl for rice. The small bowl I currently use is a ceramic bowl with a diameter of 12 cm. I fill it 80% full each time with rice. If it is served in a special standard 11 cm diameter Chinese white porcelain rice bowl, it is just full. This 11 cm diameter rice bowl is commonly used in restaurants and most families. Some restaurants will use a smaller 8 cm diameter bowl than this one to hold more rice.

A small bowl of rice in my house has 170 kcal

How much raw rice do I use to steam a bowl of rice like this? Let me review my rice steaming process: I usually use a small cup of about 200 ml and fill it to 80% full with raw rice. I have a very small electric steamer. I sprinkle this small cup of rice in the steaming grid and add water until it is full. The amount steamed is just enough for two small bowls of rice in my home.

Now we just need to weigh how much rice is in the cup. The weight of raw rice is exactly 100 grams.

According to the "Chinese Food Composition Table" (2009 edition), the average calorie content of 100 grams (2 taels) of rice is 346 kcal. Two bowls of rice contain 346 kcal, which means that one bowl of rice uses an average of 1 tael of raw rice, which has a calorie content of about 170 kcal.